Serogroup conversion of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 to Vibrio cholerae O1: Effect of growth state of cells, temperature, and salinity

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-93

  Montilla, Rafael ^a,b   Chowdhury, M A R ^a   Huq, A ^a   Xu, B ^a   Colwell, Rita R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Laboratorio de Microbiologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth stage; Serogroup conversion; Vibrio cholerae non O1; Vibrio cholerae O1

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030045508     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-014     Document Type: Article

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